Shell Mex House and the Savoy Hotel
Shell Mex House has sat on the River Thames since 1930 and is one of the most recognisable buildings with its large clock. It sits next to the Savoy Hotel, which looks very anonymous compared to its brash neighbour.
Shell Mex House and the Savoy Hotel
I only stayed in the hotel once and that was on my birthday in 1987.
As happened several times in big hotels in those days, I got woken the middle of the night by a phone call. It’s the trouble with having a common name and if the hotel has more than a hundred of so rooms, there’s a chance you have a namesake. It doesn’t happen anymore, as we all have mobile phones and no-one ever rings the hotel and asks for a guest.
And then to make it worse! I went for a walk in the morning and got hit in the eye by a stone thrown up by a passing vehicle. When I returned to the hotel, they didn’t think I was a guest and tried to throw me out!
So I won’t stay there again. But I suspect, if I did it would be a lot better, as that night was just bad luck!
Strangely, the only time I’ve been inside Shell Mex House was to meet a guy with the same name as me!
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